"The Girl on Platform 5 – Part 2: The Train Home"

 


Posted by: HeartNotes Blog

Date: July 24, 2025


Some people find love by chasing it.

Others find it by waiting.

And then… there’s the kind of love that finds you again.



---


The Unexpected Return


It had been three months since we met again on Platform 5.


We exchanged numbers, coffee habits, dreams… and slowly, hearts.


She still drank tea with two sugars.

She still wore her brown trench coat even when it wasn’t cold.

And I still stared—this time with permission.


One evening, I asked her what made her return that day.


She said, “I don’t believe in fate. I believe in second chances.”



---


The Promise


On our third coffee date, I told her:


> “Next time we meet on Platform 5, let’s not say goodbye.”




She smiled, sipped her chai, and whispered:


> “Only if the train is late again.”





---


One Month Later – Platform 5


I was nervous. She had gone to Jaipur for a family trip.


I waited on Platform 5, same bench, same time.

No train in sight.


The delay board blinked in red. 34 minutes.


I laughed.


Then I saw her.


This time, she wasn’t sitting. She was running.


She reached me, breathless, and asked,

“Are you going to ask me, or should I?”


So I did.


Right there. On Platform 5.



---


Final Words


She said yes.


We still don’t know why that train was late the first time. Or the second. Or the third.


But I like to think—

Some trains aren’t delays.


They’re destiny.


💍🚂


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